Martha Lauzen

619 594 6301

lauzen@sdsu.edu

Dr. Lauzen is the founder and executive director of the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film, and serves on the Television, Film & New Media faculty at San Diego State University.  She is the author of extensive original research examining women's employment and representation on screen and behind the scenes in film (The Celluloid Ceiling, Independent Women, Women @ the Movies) and television (Boxed In).  Her research appears in numerous academic journals including Camera Obscura, Quarterly Review of Film and Video, Sex Roles, and Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media.  The findings of her annual reports on the status of women's employment in television and film appear regularly in the trade press (Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, The Wrap.com), as well as the popular press (Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Guardian).